Family Travel: Ventura Harbor Village Parade of Lights 2017
Ventura Harbor Village is a quaint little harbor nestled among canals in Southern California. It has quickly become one of my favorite places to spend an afternoon with my littles or bring visitors too, it just has so much to offer! A couple of weeks ago I shared my lunch at the fab Brophy Bros. here and today I want to wish you happy holidays, Ventura Harbor Village and Island Packers style with a peak into our Parade of Lights 2017...
Conscious Living Vlog: A Brandless Unboxing
Tired of paying more for things just because of the name it carries or that it is organic? A lot of us are. Enter Brandless. A company who strives to give everyone access to goodness – from fair trade, to non GMO to clean beauty. They are a conscious company with an inexpensive membership program ($36 a year) allowing participants to buy anything for just $3 each, anything. And they have a huuuuggggeee selection of everyday...
10 Reasons to Travel For This Holiday Break
The Holiday Break is right around the corner, most of us with 2 full weeks off to entertain the kids and keep it all together. I can’t think of a better time to travel… I know, you’re shocked by this!! I’ve encouraged you to try a destination Thanksgiving in the past, today I hope to inspire you to take a family vacation this holiday break. Check out my 10 reasons to travel for this holiday break. 10 Reasons To Travel For This Holiday...
7 Signs That Show You Are A Great Mom
Let’s be honest, being a mom can be confusing, challenging, frustrating and exhausting. Most of us are so tired we feel like we are getting it all wrong. Raising the next generation is a very special task, one that most parents are constantly questioning themselves on whether they made the right choices for their child or not. We all have doubt, it is human nature. But when that doubt sets in, we need to be strong. We need to realize...
How Domestic Violence Affects Us All
When I came Out Of The Darkness And Into The Light, I looked around and I realized that I was not alone. I was now part of a large group of people as domestic violence affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men. On average, 24 people per minute are harmed by domestic violence here in the USA. (1) We are not alone. And we will not be sad anymore. We are survivors. We are strong. We are honest. I realized I had not done as great a job at...
9 Tips On How To Consciously Talk To Your Kids About Divorce
The ever dreaded conversation… It was one of the scariest and yet best conversations of my life. Everyone’s situation is different, but the bottom line is none of us want to disappoint our children by telling them we are getting divorced. So when the time arises to come clean and tell the kids what has been going on, it can be very daunting. In my situation, I didn’t have a choice. We didn’t know if there would be a tomorrow, we had...
Conscious Living: 5 Easy Ways to Make More Time Now
Time is our most precious asset, second only to our health. What we do with our time is, at the end of the day, truly up to us. Then why do so many of us feel like we don’t ever have enough time or that there is just so much to do looming over our heads in the future that we can’t even take a second to be in the present? I know I feel both of these. I procrastinate little things like getting gas (literally until the light has been on...